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BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

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BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

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OSCAR STODDARD, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE EXCELSIOR NOVELTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON SETTlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,773, dated November 8, 1887.

Application filed October 24, 1885. Serial No. 180,828. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be itknowu that I, OSCAR STODDARD, a citizen of the-United States,'residing at Detroit, in the county ofWayne and State of Michigan,

haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Setting Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apro pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,which form apart of this specification.

My present invention in button-setting ma:

chines relates to that class in which all of the buttons of a shoe are set or attached simultaneously, and in which the series of stapledrivers, are permanently fixed upon a curvature coincident to that of the fly of a shoe, the

dies for clinching the staples being also fixed permanently on a curvature corresponding with that of the staple-drivers, and in which one or more sets or series of drivers are attached to a single head, which'is adapted to reciprocate over the anvils, the drivers and anvils having a rotating movement arranged in sets for a right and left shoe, as hereinafter fully set forth; and my invention consists in the arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set go forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a top plan of my invention. Fig. 2 is a section in elevation on dotted lines 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of same. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are enlarged details, as-will be set forth.

A. is the table or support for the machine; N, a metal ring attached thereto; W, the circular base mounted on the ring, which sup- 40 ports the machine. I form integral with the base the cylinder n and ledges G G in m. I locate on'the ledges m a detachable die-holding plate, 1?, the dies d being dovetailed therein, as clearly shown by Figs. 2, 3, and 5. The

-dies are arranged on a circle in said plate and in position to coincide with the series of staple-drivers f and button and staple holders 0 of Fig. 6. I attach by means of screws 6 the arm-plates F to the upper'face of the ledges G. The outer front edges of the armplates are provided with a series of pockets,

0*. I form integral with the traveling heads D the hollow piston Z, fitting snugly within the cylinder n, its lower end resting upon the coiled spring S, housed within the cylinder. I attach to the traveling heads the supporting-plates E. The outer vertical face of each plate is provided with a series of pockets corresponding with the pockets 0 of the armplates. Extending along the upper face of the plates E is a ledge, R, upon which I mount the rear ends of the series of springs t. Within the pockets of the plates and to said plates I attach the upper end of the staple-drivers f,

as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 8. p 6

B represents a series of pressure-bars. To the upper end of each I attach ascrew-threaded stem, at, having a nut, 1, and thumb-nut c, between which the onter ends of the springs t are confined. The pressure -bars are fitted freely within the pockets 0 of the plates F E and are square in cross-section, having but three sides, and when in position have a vertical movement up and down within the pockets. The back edges of the pressure-bars work within the slots at c of the pockets, (see Fig.

8,) and are held in position by means of the plates 0- C crossing said pressure-bars, being secured to the plates F E by means of screws. (See Fig. 2.) 3

Y represents an opening in the front of each pressure-bar for the reception of the button and staple holding device D of Fig. 6, which is fully described in my prior application, Serial No. 169,169, and need not be herein described.

O is a cap fitting over the upper end of the piston Z, through which I suspend the operating-rod 5, having a head or ball, h, at its upper end. To the lower end I attach a treadle-le- 9o ver, L, or any suitable means to cause said rod to have a downward movement.

In this instanceI have shown a machine constructed for placing the buttons upon a right and left shoe, and the operations are as follows: 9 5 The machine being in the position of Fig.

3, the operator inserts the button and staple holder D into the openings Y of the pressurebars, the front of a shoe to which the buttons are to be attached is placed over the series of Ice dies, the lever L is depressed, drawing down the heads D D, the series of staple-drivers and series of pressure-bars until the pressurebars meet the shoe, when the series of springs will cause them to press firmly upon the shoe while the staple-drivers are being advanced to drive the staples through the shoe, when their lower ends will be clinched within the pockets a a of the dies; then, releasing the pressure upon the lever, the coil spring S causes the parts to move up to former position. Vith this machine two operators can at the same time place the buttons upon aright and left shoe; or, when a single operator has placed the button on the shoes of one side, the pin 0 may be withdrawn from the base WV, when the series of devices for setting the buttons of the other shoe may be turned so as to bring them in front of him, when the pin 0 is inserted, locking the revolving part to the ring N.

It will be observed from the foregoing that there are no adjusting parts, no dies to be shifted, nor adjustment of the staple-drivers; that all are arranged upon a curvature to correspond with that of the front of a shoe, the parts arranged to register with each other, and that the machine is simple and durable.

Having thus fully set forth my present invention, what I claim as new, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. I11 :1 button-setting machine, the combiplates, the cylinder a, the heads D, having the hollow piston, the staple-drivers mounted on said heads, and the mechanism for reciprocating the heads, as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a button-setting machine, the combination of the body mounted upon a platform and adapted to be revolved, said body carrying two or more die-plates and dies, the plates F F, mounted thereon, the traveling head D, carrying plates E E, the hollow piston, the spring S, the rod 8, cap 0, the series of stapledrivers and pressure-bars, the series ofsprings i, the button and staple holder, and suitable means for operating the rod .9, for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCA It S'IODDARD. 

